Pleased

Door County, Wisconsin, May 1969. Mom realizes she and Dad have found the right spot.

Evening Practice

Suburban Chicago, February 1969. Mom practices after she returns from work.

A Closer Look (Part 38)

Schweinfurt, Germany, May 1948. Dad admires Mom.

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An Anniversary

Schweinfurt, Germany, May 1948. My Parents married sixty-seven years ago today. That's my paternal Grandmother Tatjana (then fifty-one years old) and my maternal Grandfather Jake (then fifty-two year old) standing with the newlyweds.

Scholarly Space

Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani, Venice, Italy, April 1984. A friend from the Archivio gives me and my Parents a tour of the palazzo.

Sunday Custom

Suburban Chicago, December 1966. Mom often relaxed by practicing the piano.

Waiting for the pageant.

Melrose Park, Illinois, December 1963. I sit patiently with the other Lithuanian-school students while Father Stanley talks with the parents.

A Disappointment

Near Hintertux, Austria, July 1971. One of the things my Parents and I didn't like about hiking in the European Alps was the lack of "wild" places. Even remote spots in Austria and Switzerland were cultivated and civilized. But I was happy to see a Swiss Brown.

Pastor's Address

Melrose Park, Illinois, December 1967. Our parish pastor addresses the Lithuanian-school PTA. Left to right: an associate pastor; the priest who officiated at our wedding; the grade-school principal (wearing a mod habit); the parish pastor; two Lithuanian-school teachers; and Father Stanley, the retired, Lithuanian priest who lived at our parish rectory.

Keep Busy

Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, July 1962. Still photos from this day appeared here and here.

Dad approves, too.

Suburban Chicago, November 1963. Dad takes his turn at modeling with the new living- and dining-room furniture. He's wearing one of those zippered cardigans* again.

*Zippered cardigans were fashionable in the 1960s. I don't recall Mom ever knitting a buttoned sweater for Dad, and Mr. Rodgers wore zip-front cardigans every day because his mother knitted them. I can't imagine a knitter would prefer sewing in a zipper over working buttonholes. It's much easier to knit a buttonhole than to sew in a separating zipper. Zippers had to be a male preference. Men in the 1960s must have found zippers more manly than buttons.

He finds a different spot along the river.

Utica, Illinois, October 1963. I imagine Dad instructing Mom about the camera settings.

A Selection from Dad

Utica, Illinois, October 1963. Dad chose this photo of himself at Starved Rock as one of the images to preserve in the "'little Irene' photo album."

Sixty-Six Years

Schweinfurt, Germany, May 1948. My Parents celebrated their wedding anniversary on May 15 and May 16. They first contracted the marriage in a civil ceremony, and the following day, they sealed the union at a religious rite.

Revisiting Another Image

Kaunas, Lithuania, 1927. Here's my Mom with her Mom, Jadzė. This photo appeared early in the blog's history.

Wedding Toast

Schweinfurt, Germany, May 1948. Here's another unfocused image from my Parents' wedding day. In this snapshot, my maternal Grandfather, Jake, and my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, greet the newlyweds with the toast of wine, bread, and salt.

Is it what you expected?

Suburban Chicago, November 1963. Mom assesses the new furniture. That chair—and those drapes—were in use for a while.

Let's get a shot in the living room.

Suburban Chicago, Winter 1957. My Parents and my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, have moved into the new house. 

There's a bit more about the painting here. I think I may create a housecoat tag.)

Another Toast

Schweinfurt, Germany, May 1948. This snapshot from my Parents' wedding reception landed in Dad's outtakes box. It has flaws—beyond double exposure—but it captures the evening's mood.

That's my maternal Grandfather, Jake, on the right.

Mound

Near Utica, Illinois, October 1963. Mom's near a rest stop as she and Dad approach Starved Rock State Park.